40China’s Economic Hit Men

The tools, tricks of the trade, and institutions used by China’s EHMs today have a remarkable resemblance to those employed by US EHMs. They, too, draw on the four pillars, as described below and in upcoming chapters.

In addition to spying, China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS), like the CIA and NSA, stokes propaganda about reasons to fear the US. It often works alongside its military counterpart, the Intelligence Bureau of the Joint Staff, even as the CIA and NSA collaborate with Department of Defense agencies. And it provides China’s EHMs with valuable information on current events, resources, and opportunities around the globe.

The China International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) boosts anxieties over ...

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